Do You Suffer for Love?

Do you have a partner? A girlfriend or a spouse?

Do you suffer tailing her in the mall when she goes shopping and you carry all the shopping bags?

Do you suffer when she enters a store, picks up two items and asks you “Which one is better? What do you think?” And in your mind you want to say, “Buy both. Let’s go home!” But decided not to and tells her your preference?

Do you have a child? Or three small naughty children that appears to be 27 kids because of the noise and mess and chaos they do in your house? Do you suffer being a parent for them?

I believe that it is sweet, beautiful and lovely suffering.

But it is not suffering for suffering’s sake.

It is suffering for the sake of love.

You still go with her to the mall and accompany her because you are with the woman of your dreams.

You take care of your children because they are your jewel, your prince and your princess. You suffer because of your love for them.

Confession, I don’t have a father. I do but I never saw him. He went outside the country to work when I was one year old. And he never came back. Thankfully, my mom was there. He took care of us, six children. Do you think she suffered? You bet! And I believe that we are who we are now because there’s this mother who suffered being a father and mother for us because she loves us. (Thank you, ma!)

And right now, as the Holy Week approaches, we remember how Jesus has suffered and died for us on a cross.

Jesus died in the Calvary as a common criminal but He never committed a crime. He never committed a sin. Yet He died on a cross.

The King of all kings. The God who created the heavens and the earth. The one who made you and me, died on the cross.

Why?

He could have made a decision to save you “You’re saved.” That’s it!

But God is a God who wants to convince you that He loves you. He wants to express and manifest His love for you. He wanted to show it so that you will have no doubt whatsoever that you are important to Him.

Friends, accept that love from Jesus.

You are worth suffering for.